US-Israel-Iran War News LIVE Updates: Iran Accepts Two-Week Ceasefire With US And Israel

Japan and Indonesia have welcomed the ceasefire between the US and Iran, urging restraint and diplomacy. Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yvonne Mewengkang called on all sides to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity, while Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara described the two-week truce as a "positive move" and said Tokyo is awaiting a final agreement.

Ross Harrison, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, said it remains unclear whether the two-week truce is a tactical pause or a real diplomatic opening, but noted it has created “off ramps” from the conflict.

He said the situation just hours earlier had been at a “very, very dangerous inflection point”, with the US threatening drastic measures and Iran holding its position.

Harrison said the US showed it could escalate vertically by raising stakes and threatening military action, while Iran still had options to escalate horizontally by widening the conflict to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab states.

US President Donald Trump said the United States had achieved a “total and complete victory” after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in an interview with AFP.

“Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it,” he said in a brief phone interview shortly after announcing the deal.

Trump also said Iran’s uranium stockpiles would be “perfectly taken care of” under the agreement and added that China helped bring Iran to the negotiating table.

A former adviser to Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s Middle East policy and his decision to launch a military operation in Iran have created a “catastrophic situation even in the best of circumstances”.

In a post on X, Ben Rhodes, who served as Obama’s deputy national security adviser and speechwriter, described the move to go to war with Iran as “a profoundly shameful episode in American history no matter what happens next”.

He said the US global standing has been “obliterated” as a result of Trump’s actions.

Rhodes also warned of further global economic fallout and said the decisions had “strengthened and enriched” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Iranian-American congresswoman Yassamin Ansari said she is “momentarily relieved” by the ceasefire but described Donald Trump as “dangerous and unfit” for office.

She said the two-week pause in attacks brings relief to 90 million Iranians who “just spent the worst 24 hours of their lives” fearing a possible nuclear catastrophe, stressing that civilians, not the regime, would have been affected.

Ansari said the agreement “doesn’t change anything” about Trump’s fitness for office, accusing him of threatening genocide and war crimes.

She cited his remarks that “a whole civilization will die” and that Iran could be taken “back to the stone ages” as evidence he is “mentally unstable, unhinged, and unfit for office or any position of authority”.

As previously reported, dozens of Democratic members of Congress have called for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump, questioning his ability to carry out presidential duties.

The US president said the country will help manage the “traffic buildup” in the Strait of Hormuz, in a post shared on TruthSocial.

He said the US would be “loading up with supplies of all kinds” and “hangin’ around” to ensure everything goes well, adding that “this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!”

Trump did not give details on what the US role would involve but said “big money will be made” and that Iran can begin reconstruction.

Earlier, the Associated Press reported that under the ceasefire deal, Iran would collect fees from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to fund reconstruction.

Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilisation” drew sharp criticism from across the political spectrum.

More than four dozen Democrats, including Jamie Raskin, Robert Garcia and Zoe Lofgren, called for his immediate removal by invoking the 25th Amendment, describing his remarks as “unhinged” and akin to “war crimes”.

Some Republicans also distanced themselves. Senator Ron Johnson said he hoped the comments were “bluster” and stressed the US is not at war with the Iranian people, while Marjorie Taylor Greene also criticised the remarks.

The White House rejected the Democrats’ calls, with spokesman Davis Ingle calling them “pathetic” and accusing Democrats of being “deranged, weak, and ineffective”, adding that their approval ratings are at historic lows.

Several Lebanese news outlets reported that an Israeli air raid targeted an ambulance in the town of Qlaileh, near the coastal city of Tyre.

Lebanese health officials said Israel has been regularly targeting medics and rescue crews across the country.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.

Guterres urged all parties to comply with international law and follow the terms of the ceasefire to help move toward lasting and comprehensive peace in the region.

He said an end to hostilities is urgently needed to protect civilian lives and reduce human suffering.

Dujarric also confirmed that the UN chief’s personal envoy, Jean Arnault, is in the region to support efforts toward lasting peace.

Al Jadeed TV reported that Israeli forces shelled the town of Baraachit in southern Lebanon.

The reported attack follows Netanyahu’s statement that the regional ceasefire between the US, Israel and their allies does not include Lebanon.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who mediated the deal, said the parties had agreed to an “immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will suspend strikes on Iran for two weeks, on the condition that Iran immediately opens the straits and stops all attacks on the US, Israel and countries in the region.

It also confirmed that the two-week ceasefire does not apply to Lebanon.

The statement added that Israel supports US efforts to ensure Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat, noting that Iran does not currently possess nuclear weapons, unlike Israel.

Michael Kugelman said Pakistan secured one of its biggest diplomatic wins in years, defying doubts about its ability to handle a complex, high-stakes effort.

He added that the key outcome was helping avert a potential catastrophe in Iran.

Iran and Oman will be allowed to charge fees on ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz under a two-week ceasefire deal mediated by Pakistan, according to the Associated Press.

AP, citing an unnamed regional official, reported that Iran plans to use the funds for reconstruction. It was not clear how Oman would use its share.

The official, who was directly involved in the negotiations, spoke anonymously as they were not authorised to discuss internal discussions.

Iran and Oman both have territorial rights over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group of Iran-backed armed factions, said it will halt its operations in Iraq and the wider region for two weeks. The move comes after a ceasefire between th e US and Iran was announced.

The US Defense Department will hold a news conference after President Trump’s ceasefire announcement.

The Pentagon says US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine will speak to journalists about “Operation Epic Fury” at 8am local time on Wednesday morning [12:00 GMT].

The White House has posted a statement from President Donald J. Trump on Iran.

Trump said: “Following my conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, and subject to Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I have agreed to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”

He described the move as “a double sided ceasefire” and said the two-week period would allow a 10-point proposal from Iran to be finalised. Trump added that the US and Iran had already agreed on almost all points of past contention and that the pause would help reach a long-term agreement.

Markets have rallied and oil prices have come down, Alex Holmes of the Economist Intelligence Unit told Al Jazeera. But he said too much certainty cannot be placed on whether the announced ceasefire will hold.

“So key to watch will be any signs coming from the Israelis, the Iranians and other parties over whether this ceasefire will hold,” Holmes said.

“There’s going to be a big gap to bridge in negotiations so the markets are still in wait-and-see mode,” he said.

“And even though they have moved, obviously prices of oil are still a lot higher than they were in late February,” he said.

According to Reuters, US crude futures dropped around 16 percent to $94.59 a barrel, while Brent futures also slid 15 percent to $92.35 per barrel after news of the ceasefire.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei surged about 5 percent while South Korea’s Kospi rose 6 percent, triggering a halt in trading.